Full coverage: Seanad

Sinn Féin’s Conor Murphy has a long career in the republican movement, including being jailed for IRA membership in the 1980s. He talks about moving to the Oireachtas, his regrets about the past and his comments on the murder of Paul Quinn.

The body overseeing the running of the Dáil and Seanad is appealing an enforcement notice brought against it by the data protection watchdog.

Hazel Chu’s decision to run for the upcoming Seanad by-election, despite fervently believing the votes aren’t there for her to win, has been the latest thing to send the Green Party into a frenzy. Chu spoke to The Currency about why she ran, her future with the party and the issues within it.